Spatial analysis on the impact of socioeconomic vulnerability to drug abuse prevalence in Indonesia 2015

Abstract

An environment socioeconomic situation can affect drug abuse. Studies on the impact of socioeconomic vulnerability can be used in planning risk management policy on drug abuse that is more precise, effective, and efficient. This research aims to learn the impact of socioeconomic vulnerability (education level, unemployment rate, income level, gender ratio, poverty rate, and access to health service) on drug abuse prevalence and to identify the index of socio-economic vulnerability to drug abuse in each province in Indonesia, which can be used to analyze drug abuse risk. Methods used in this research are multiple linear regression statistical test and spatial analysis. The result show that F-Test sig<0.05 mean that socioeconomic factor simultaneously effect prevalence; the t-Test result shows only income level have sig <0,05 and there are 2 level of socioeconomic vulnerability index: high (9 provinces) and moderate (25 provinces), while the drug abuse risk level is in 3 level: high (5 province), moderate (9 province), and low (20 province). The conclusion is that socioeconomic factor (education, unemployment, income, gender ratio, poverty rate, and access to health service) are influence to the level of drug abuse prevalence in Indonesia, which the most significantly influence is income level.